My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

This time, Gao Lan went to the Lu family first, settled accounts with Ji Yunshuang, and divided the money before driving the oxcart back home.

Seeing that Gao Lan didn't return until dark, Old Lady Wang said unhappily, "He's never home all day long. He just follows that Lu family's daughter-in-law to the city to fill his stomach."

"Look at your man, he hasn't come back from the fields yet. Don't you know how to be considerate of him? Go home earlier and cook dinner."

Wang's third daughter-in-law, Xiao He, had her small eyes darting shrewdly around Fang Lan. "Second sister-in-law, what's in your basket? Did you buy something nice on the street?"

Reminded by Xiao He, Old Lady Wang's eyes immediately fell on the baskets on the oxcart.

Regardless of Gao Lan's willingness, she reached out and lifted the cloth covering the basket.

Gao Lan frankly and openly said, "I helped the Lu family's daughter-in-law with the work, and the Lu family gave me some pork bones."

Looking at the few large bones in the basket, both Old Lady Wang and Little He's eyes lit up.

Wang Dazhi, a peddler, was good at making money. Wang Xiaofeng worked in the city and also gave half a string of cash to Old Lady Wang every month. Only Wang Erniu was stupid and didn't know how to make money.

Old Mrs. Wang disliked her second son, so she separated Wang Erniu's family from the Wang family early on, letting them live separately.

Logically speaking, the Wang family's income should be considered above average in the village, and they should be living a very prosperous life.

But Old Lady Wang is a greedy creature that only takes in but never gives out.

Once she has the money in her hands, she is absolutely reluctant to spend it.

People might not even be willing to spend money on meat during holidays, let alone on ordinary days.

Little He didn't know how long it had been since she had seen any oil or fat, and Old Lady Wang instinctively wanted to take away a few large bones.

"Mother, this is what the Lu family told me to make especially for Erniu to nourish his body. You just said that Erniu works too hard outside, and you want me to be more considerate of him, right? I'll go back and stew it for him now."

Gao Lan knew exactly what kind of people the two were. As she spoke, she tucked the bones from the basket into her bosom. "When the soup is ready, I'll have Daya bring you a bowl to properly honor you."

After saying that, she handed the cow rope to Wang Dacong and went back into the house with the bones in her arms.

Watching her retreating figure, Xiao He was so angry that she vomited blood.

The old woman was so angry she wanted to pick her nose and eat it; her life was worse than if she had been given away!

At this moment, Ms. He deeply regretted her actions, realizing that she had only encouraged the elderly couple to separate their second son and his wife.

She rolled her eyes, suppressed her complaints, and helped Old Lady Wang up, saying, "That Lu family's daughter-in-law is really generous to Second Sister-in-law. I wonder what kind of work Second Sister-in-law does to help Lu family's daughter-in-law? If I could go, the family could have an extra source of income."

When Grandma Wang heard what her youngest daughter-in-law said, her eyes lit up instantly.

In her mind, her youngest son and daughter-in-law were a million times better than her second son and daughter-in-law. If her youngest daughter-in-law did the work, she would definitely get more than her second daughter-in-law.

However, that wicked woman from the Lu family was extremely fierce; even now, thinking about her made her mouth ache slightly, so she dared not provoke her. She told her younger daughter-in-law to go and talk to that woman from the Lu family herself.

"Mother, I haven't even figured out what she's doing yet, and I'm just showing up like this. How can she trust me?"

Little He said, "Give me some money, and I'll go to the city with them tomorrow to ask around."

Upon hearing that he was offering money, Old Lady Wang immediately clutched her chest, her face contorted with pain. "What money do you need to go to the city? Why don't you just take two dry biscuits tomorrow and ride in your second sister-in-law's oxcart to the city?"

After saying many nice things and making countless promises, Xiao He finally managed to get two coins from Old Lady Wang.

Even for just two coins, Old Lady Wang was heartbroken, as if she had lost two ounces of her own flesh.

After carrying her on her back, Xiao He rolled her eyes several times before finally giving up.

On the other side, after Gao Lan left, Lu Yinheng asked Ji Yunshuang what she had found out after they separated and why she went outside the city.

"And you? What have you found out?"

Since the exchange was about sharing information, Ji Yunshuang naturally asked him what he had learned.

Lu Yinheng looked at her, paused, and said, "Following your suggestion, I changed my clothes before going in..."

He briefly recounted how he changed his clothes and went into the brothel to gather information.

However, he concealed some information when he told Ji Yunshuang.

For example, why did the madam treat him so carefully after he changed his clothes?

Besides the fact that he later held great power and influence in his previous life, it was also because the person he robbed was of extraordinary status. The clothes he wore and the ornaments he carried were all symbols of power and wealth.

After hearing his news, Ji Yunshuang also talked about her own gains.

Similarly, she concealed the details of how she hid in the carriage and how she avoided the experts, focusing instead on the location of the manor.

"The people at that manor will teach the new girls to read and write, but in my opinion, they are not doing it to teach the girls knowledge. Rather, they are like craftsmen carving their works, painstakingly carving only so that they can sell the finished product for a good price."

A look of disgust flashed across Ji Yunshuang's eyes.

Lu Yinheng stared at her intently, feeling that the more time he spent with her, the more he could sense it. The woman before him was a completely different person from the one in his past life.

He couldn't understand why the same person could give him such completely different feelings.

They seemed to be two completely different souls.

“Draw the location of the villa for me, and I’ll make another trip there tonight. I remember what the Lu sisters, Lu Jin and Lu Yin, look like. I’ll check if they’re there then.”

He paused, then said, "Tell Zhu that the Lu sisters, Lu Jin and Lu Yin, might not be able to be rescued so quickly, but I will definitely bring them back. Tell her not to worry."

Ji Yunshuang also had a vague feeling that there seemed to be a huge conspiracy hidden in this.

She nodded in agreement.

Zhu Dong'e knew that she wouldn't be able to help if she went to the city now, so she didn't go to the city the next day and stayed at home to help the Lu family with their work.

Ji Yunshuang didn't go to the city that day either.

She took out the jujubes and started making jujube cake.

When Lu Yuzhu woke up in the morning, she found that her mother hadn't gone out that day, and her eyes were smiling like crescent moons.

"Mother, what are you doing?" She held Tianrui, tilted her head, and looked at Ji Yunshuang with a cute expression.

Looking at her daughter's obedient appearance, Ji Yunshuang felt her heart melt and smiled, "Make some delicious pastries for my darling."

"Mommy is so good!" Lu Yuzhu put Tianrui down and stretched out her little hand, saying, "Can I help you too?"

"Okay!" Ji Yunshuang said, then added, "Go wash your hands first, and dust off your clothes by the yard, otherwise Tianrui's fur will fall into the sour jujube cake."

Lu Yuzhu obediently followed her mother's instructions, washed her little hands clean, dusted off her clothes, and immediately ran back to Ji Yunshuang's side to ask her what she could do.

Ji Yunshuang had already used chopsticks to stir in one direction, separating the pit from the flesh of the jujube.

She picked out fruit pits with Xiaoyuzhu.

The little girl was overjoyed to be able to help her mother.

With the young girl by her side, Ji Yunshuang felt her happiness doubled and she was even happier.

While the mother and daughter were happily making jujube cakes, Ji Wanying sat in the carriage with a bitter and resentful expression, questioning, "Why did we come to the countryside to settle down?"